Ariane Next, as it is known, will be a reusable rocket akin to SpaceX's Starship. It is slated to launch some time in the 2030s. The main criticism of Ariane 6 has been that it will not be ...

A camera placed near the launchpad delivers and amazing view of the first liftoff of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket. Credit: ESA ...

On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career for what was Europe’s first heavy-lift rocket. Nearly ten months later ...

This Week in Rocket Launches we have two launches from SpaceX and one launch from Arianespace. The Arianespace mission is more exciting because it will feature the maiden flight of Ariane 6 ...

The inaugural launch of a new heavy-lift rocket doesn't happen every year; it happens only every 20 years or maybe 30 years. And today we have launched Ariane-6 successfully," he told reporters.

Europe's next-generation rocket has completed its first "hot-fire" test on its launch pad, in French Guiana. The Ariane-6 vehicle lit its main cryogenic engine for four seconds before being shut down.

The rocket will take payloads into orbit more cheaply than its predecessor, Ariane-5. The ESA is expecting to make up to 11 launches a year.

Ariane 6 launches for the first time July 9, 2024, from the Guiana Space Centre’s ELA-4 launch site in French Guiana. Credit: ESA / S. Corvaja For the European space industry, the deafening ...

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PARIS, July 6. /TASS/. The final European Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday. The launch was broadcast on Airanespace, an operator company, YouTube page.

Problem is, Ariane 6 still isn't cheap ... clients interested in launching on the new rocket, and that MaiaSpace hopes to have it ready for a first launch by 2025. Take that date with a grain ...